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(No Model.)

A. GHAPDELAINE.

SHOE FASTENING.

No. 425,301 I PatentedApr. 8, 1890.

UNITED STATES ATENT ABONDIUS GHAPDELAINE, OF NIOOLET, QUEBEC, CANADA.

SHOE-FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 425,301, dated April 8,1890. Application filed December 6, 1888. Serial No.292,864. (No model.)

1'0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ABONDIUS UHAPDE- LAINE, a citizen of Canada,residing at Nicolet,

- in the county of Nicolet, Province of Quebec,

Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBoot-Clasps; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the-same.

My invention relates to fastenings for boots and shoes in which theupper is slit downward in front or at the side of the instep.

My object in this invention is to provide a convenient and securefastening that will be completely hidden from View, leaving the outersurface of the boot free from all such projecting fastenings as buttons,laces, or outside hooks, all of which have at least the objection ofbeing injurious to clothing that may be in continuous or frequentcontact with them.

To this end my improved clasp consists in a hooking device, one part ofwhich is secured to the underlap side of the upper, while the other partis attached to the under side of the overlap side, as hereinafter morefully described, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure 1 shows detached face views of both parts of the clasp.Fig. 2 showsa longitudinal sectional view of the above, but with the twoparts of the clasp closed together. Fig. 3 shows a boot having myim'proved clasp, the overlap of the boot being opened back. Fig. 4 showsthe boot closed up.

A holding-piece composed of the two H- shaped pieces A and B is securedby rivets, or otherwise, to the underlap side H of the boot-upper. Thetwo parts A and B are interlocked together, as shown, to form theholdingpiece, and are provided with rivet-holes a to receive the rivetsb, by which the holdingpiece is secured to the boot. A hook-piece G issecured by rivets d to the overlap I of the boot. The body of this pieceis reduced in width by the shoulders e to the width of the tongue f,which is somewhat less than the distance between the side strips of thepiece A. The end of the tongue f is thinned down to a comparativelysharp edge, so that it may be easily shoved under the cross-bar g of thepiece A. A

It will be observed that a certain amount of flexibility is needed inthe different parts of this clasp, and on this account the clasp is madepreferably of spring-steel, although several other materials might befound equally serviceable.

That I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A shoe fastening or clasp comprising the two separable membersadapted to be secured, respectively,to the overlap and underlap of theshoe, one of said members composed of the complementary parts A and B,placed one upon the other and interlocked, as shown, to

leave a space between them, and the other member formed with the tongueconstructed to enter the space between the parts A and B and to be heldfrictionally therein by the said parts, substantially as described.

2. A shoe fastening or clasp composed of the H-shaped pieces A and B,locked together and secured to the underlap of a shoe, and a hook-piece0, having tongue f to take under the cross-bar g of the holding-piece,and secured to the overlap of the shoe, substantially as described.

Signed at Nicolet this 20th day of November, 1888.

VILMER Gunner, L. 0. Anton PRINCE.

